At exactly 15 minutes after midnight on January 1st, 2025, the KHMH welcomed its first baby of the year, a bouncing baby boy of 6lbs, 3oz. The maternity ward manager told us today that in other years they would check in up to four expecting mothers. But this year they had only one patient.

Estella Flowers, Unit Manager, Maternity Ward
"We were expecting, like a majority of the time on the 31st, we usually have like four or five people would come in to deliver on the first. But Miss Glenda Pop, she was the first one that came in on the 31st of December at 8 PM with 8 cm and when she delivered it was 12:15 p.m. on the first right."

"So when 12:00 came, right, she was fully dilated and ready to push and she pushed, you know, she delivered a healthy male neonate at 12:15 a.m., right. Wearing 6lb 3 oz. The nurses that delivered her was nurse Elamin and Nurse Ortiz along with an intern Dr. Fernandez."

Glenda Pop, who was set to deliver on January 3rd. But her beautiful baby boy came a bit earlier than expected. This is her second child and she says that she never thought she would deliver a New Year's baby.

Glenda Pop, Mother, First Baby of the Year
"Well, I feel good, I feel proud. Right now he joins the family with us. And I'm happy for it."

And as a good corporate citizen every year, San Cas Ltd. distributes care packages to all the newborns in the wards across the country. Marketing manager Aisha Trapp told us that it's just a small token for them as they settle in with their newborns and the care packages contain an assortment of goods for both mother and baby.

Aisha Trapp, Marketing Manager, San Cas Ltd.
"We couldn't start the New Year of course, without having left the babies, I have to say, of babies guys, because we don't only give the baby born at KHMH, but we do give babies from all different all different public hospitals. We've checked. And so far, San Ignacio had a baby boy. He was born 12 02 am and Dangrigahad three. They had two females and one male. The first female was born at 9:02 a.m. so we continue to check and see if any other babies were born. We did check also the private hospitals because we do give all the babies that were born for the New Year package."